The Lion inn in Suffolk Coastal

We were holidaying in the Suffolk area and looking for somewhere to go for an evening meal. We came across this pub which looked homely and inviting and had plenty of choice on the menu. The lady who served us was very friendly and we were treated well, despite not being locals. The décor and surroundings were lovely and the pub was very clean. I ordered the hunters chicken without the cheese, and the waitress very kindly asked if I would like something else instead. So I asked for some onion rings just expecting a couple, but they gave me a full portion of 5 which was very unexpected, but kind! My partner had the lasagne and garlic bread, he also asked for his without the salad and again they asked if he would like something else instead, so he asked for a few chips but kindly got a full portion. When the food arrived it was presented beautifully and was really hot. The chips tasted delicious. My partner was extremely impressed with his lasagne; so much so that he asked me to write a review for them, which I would have done anyway but he doesn't normally leave reviews. He said the flavours in the lasagne were amazing and that it was cooked to perfection, easily one of the best lasagnes he's ever had! We definitely hope to return here in the future, we live in Norfolk so its not too far to travel and would be well worth another visit!

Good food good service nothing to much trouble it was a busy evening but that didn't stop the to waitresses being helpful soon want to try lunch next

My and my workplace partner in crime stopped in here for some grub and a few stouts as we were staying across the road. We travel all over the uk for work, and have sampled many a remote boozer, and when we eat I don’t usually have high expectations for the food. But this place certainly proved me wrong, it was amazing! We had the sausage and mash and the homemade curry, both equally delectable and delicious. But what will also make this place particularly memorable is the fantastic staff, who were so warm and friendly, they even kept the place open later so we could finish our pints, and we had a good ol’ chin wag. Avril, Tina, and Bryony, thanks for giving us a glowing memory in an otherwise gruelling work trip. Much love, Ziggy & Bailey

We have been recommended The lion for some time now and finally came for Saturday dinner. I totally agree that everything is superb. The food, the service and the bar ladies. Just the best meal

We had lunch here The food was excellent.cooked very well presented nicely The lady that served us was very pleasant nice clean pub lovely atmosphere will return Would Highly recommend

Fantastic evening at The Lion inn, as always the food was perfect and the staff friendly & welcoming. The great pricing just tops it!

Just enjoyed a lovely meal. It was good wholesome fayre served hot, tasty and at a very good price and by a very friendly lady. We had the 'light bite' which was very amply proportioned. Thoroughly recommended.

This is a lovely, traditional pub with a comprehensive menu featuring many home-made dishes. I had whitebait to start, liver & bacon for my main and a delicious flapjack chocolate brownie for pudding. I particularly liked the fact that the main courses come in 2 sizes and if you opt for the "lighter" size, you have room for a starter and pudding! Really friendly, attentive service and all spotlessly clean. We were there with family to celebrate a 93rd birthday and all had a lovely time. It was my first visit but it won't be my last.

Another lovely meal my partners birthday always made welcome best to reserve very easy over the phone I opted for sweet and sour chicken off the special board my partner always go for the scampi very nice all round cooked to order etc nice sized portions staff always polite and confident definitely recommend 🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂

Wow!!! Just enjoyed an amazing Sunday lunch with friends whilst on holiday in the area. Food was amazing, staff were lovely and The Lion is highly recommended. Homemade puddings are a must to try! Wished this pub was on our doorstep at home!

Excellent choice of traditional pub food at reasonable price. Food was excellent and plentiful unfortunately too plentiful to be able to sample the puddings. Would highly recommend. Staff were pleasant and very helpful.

Wow!! another fantastic visit to this pub, Avril and the team are 5*-food was incredible as always, the staff are always super friendly. Thank you for yet another amazing evening, looking forward to our next visit xx

Welcoming pub with a great selection of food. Staff were really friendly and food was superb. Relaxed atmosphere with plenty of parking.

First time visit Saturday 25/02 1200. Family of 5 … double birthday celebration Warm cosy venue … all food ordered … 3 courses … each course arrived together… starters/ dinners piping hot … I chose the Lion’s famous bangers and mash … Epic and delicious! … desserts tempting… Priced favourably… will definitely visit again… can highly recommend as not one of our family group was dissatisfied by any aspect of our visit 5* service … Well done all at the Lion inn 👌🏼😎

Last minute booking for 9 adults on a Sunday lunchtime. Very accommodating and friendly staff, attentive during the meal to ensure all was well. Great choices of menu specifically as we had vegetarians and celiacs in our group, at reasonable prices, with a good choice of booze, I would definitely return and recommend the Lion to friends Thank you see you again soon. Lovely experience.

We came across this pub quite by chance due to a road diversion taking us out of our way. Found this gem - it felt like a ‘real’ pub (like they used to be!). Really welcoming and cosy and a fabulous home-cooked lovely lunch. Definitely one to recommend.

Lion Inn little glenham wow another great meal always excellent very well presented my partner had the chicken curry and I opted for the broccoli cheese bake very nice Avril always welcomes you definitely recommend always cooked to order good size portions made a very nice night out 🙂🙂🙂🙂

We stayed locally and ate at the pub. Avril and her team made us (and our dog) so welcome. We are both vegetarian and there was so much for us to choose from. The food was great! We will be back!

We were staying at a holiday cottage near the Lion Inn. We went for a meal and found it so good we rebooked for later in the week. The food was excellent, delicious and very good value for money. The service was very good and all the staff very welcoming and friendly.

We found this pub from looking through TripAdvisor while on our holiday. An excellent evening meal served efficiently by a very pleasant member of staff. The food was great and would definitely return if in the area!

Another warm welcome with great service from Avril the landlady & her staff. Whilst Staying for a week in Aldeburgh once more we enjoyed yet another Sunday lunch & a mid-week lunch, both of which were as expected superb. As I’ve posted on TA previously...

First revisit after Covid restrictions fully lifted. It felt good and we were made very welcome. The staff, as ever, were efficient and friendly, the beer good and the menu varied. The food we had was excellent and reasonably priced. With ant luck wewill be...

We always receive a warm welcome & great service from Avril the landlady & her staff. Whilst Staying in Woodbridge over Easter we had lunch here 3 times finishing with a splendid Roast Turkey roast on Easter Sunday. As usual all food is cooked to...

We really enjoyed our visit, food was amazing, extremely friendly waitress, and a very relaxing atmosphere. Homemade Chicken curry delish! 10/10!!

Yet another super relaxed lunch at our favourite Suffolk pub. Avril (the landlady) & Briony gave us the usual warm welcome & great service. The top quality food is always freshly cooked to order & if it wasn't an hour & a half drive away...

Love the lion meal is always delicious no matter what we have. Staff can’t do enough for you always friendly can highly recommend. Would give it ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Every single time we’ll done Avril and all your staff.

A lovely quaint old pub, wonderful friendly service and great food. Fab roast beef dinner followed by raspberry roulade - delicious! Only negative was limited wine choices

Have passed this pub for years up and down the A12 and finally stopped for lunch in September. Realised we've been missing a treat all those years! Great service from Tina & Avril, delicious food and good atmosphere. Definitely stop here again.

If you are after gastro food this would not be for you. If you want good honest well cooked food and when you leave you want a big smile on your face get along to here. We visited twice whilst on holiday and all the...

The last time we were here was in June when we had a week in Aldringfield. As it was a nice day & we are still waiting to holiday abroad once more, we decided on a visit to Woodbridge with lunch at our favourite pub....

Visited here with a large group of friends and were greeted by the most friendly, welcoming owner (Avril). The pub is a traditional English pub, no frills but friendly staff, good beer and the food is top notch! Felt so welcome and can’t praise the...

We were a party of 12, 6 adults and 6 children staying locally. There was an excellent selection of no nonsense pub classics with numerous specials and a kids menu. Despite many requests and adjustments by our party the food arrived just as we ordered...

Very friendly. Allowed us to reserve roast for later evening table on Sunday. All other restaurants had to eat roast at 1pm to 2pm which was too early for us. Lovely home cooked Sunday roast. Definitely recommend.

I've driven past The Lion for years and never stopped until last evening - which is a pity. A lovely welcome in a proper Suffolk pub. Food homemade and delicious. Revetts sausages so we're talking king of the sausage world. Doing its own thing unlike...

I recently travelled around this new to me area looking for somewhere to eat. A lot of establishments seem to charge London / Essex prices for pretty standard pub grub. This pub, however, was efficiently run by the friendly and welcoming Avril, and although being...

Good management of covid rules. A friendly greeting. Reasonably priced home cooking. Food served promptly. We will call again.

This olde worlde pub is bigger then it looks from the outside & observes strict Covid rules. Previously before our visits this year it was a little over two years since we were last here. The quality & quantity of food served here is second...

Like many people I am sure, we have driven past this pub 1000s of times over the years and never stopped, always being on our way somewhere else. All of that changed in September 2020 when we went here for an evening meal, whilst having...

We stopped at the Lion for lunch on Wednesday, our first meal indoors this year. The staff were friendly and understood our nervousness and treated us really well. We were placed in a quiet area and made to feel really safe. The menu looked good,...

Visited with family on a Friday lunchtime. Charming little pub with very welcoming service & delicious food. We had the cottage pies, chilli & liver & bacon. All cooked to perfection & we even managed to squeeze in dessert as they sounded so lovely. We...

Went last night, two couples using a voucher from last Christmas. Very impressed by the pub which is lovely inside, traditional old style character. Cosy feel. Felt totally Covid safe and relaxed. Food was excellent, lots of menu choices and the lovely lady looking after...

Popped in today for Lunch with no expectations but we were hugely pleased with our food, a lovely helpful lady took our orders and it arrived soon after, we both chose from the light bites menu but the portion was large and delicious. We will...

...called in en route to Suffolk coast. We do this as often as we can (to be honest not often enough).....never been disappointed and this visit was no exception. Lovely welcoming service. Good selection of beers......great menu and food excellent. Cannot fault. Thank you.

Now this pub does food that you haven't had since you left home to go out I to the big world, We went there for a meal for four of us the menu looked good but we all went for the same which was cottage...

As always thelion Inn came up trump's we normally treat our selves this time of year to the xmas menu I choose turkey etc with trimmings my partner choose Spanish chicken both meals presented well etc and very tasty always piping hot advril as always...

we had a very warm welcome, staff very friendly, portions are huge! very tasty food. would recommend.

This is a lovely little place where the food is all freshly home cooked, the portions are extremely generous and the staff are so friendly. Really good with children. Nice and welcoming. Booking is advised as they get extremely busy with locals.

We received a lovely warm & friendly welcome on a very cold day & had a perfect lunch of fresh cooked food followed by desert. Beware though as the portions are massive & so do leave a little room for desert. I had the Toad...

Driven past this pub many time and never gave it a second look, what a mistake. Had a meal there with friends and the food and service was excellent. Very nice ambiance inside and a good selection of food and beers. A must try. We...

Having passed many times and always said we should try it, today we did. Traditional old pub with friendly helpful staff and great food. Had the sausage and mash in Yorkshire pudding and it was enormous, the wife had lasagne and said it was the...

We stopped here after a day out in Aldeburgh. I saw the serving hours for food as we drove past in the morning and returned in the evening with our friends. There were numerous “reserved” tables - a good sign of a popular pub. The...

Last treat before back to work we decided to visit again and we weren't disappointed my partner had Southern fried chicken with trimmings and I choose salmon off the special board pub was busy so we expected a bit of a wait which bar maid...

Had an evening meal here and then a very enjoyable] friendly but competitive quiz night. Food and beer were good quality pub grub, enjoyed by all our group.

Nice pub. The service was very god and the food was wholesome and well cooked. The lighter bites are a good size....would have had to be super hungry to have the normal size portions. Very good price too.

Traditional food with no blobs etc.Large portions,fresh veg and all home cooked.Very reasonable .friendly and efficient service.

Yes its really the only Pub in Little Glemham but boy do not miss it. Friendly staff, good choice of food on the dailies boards and menu's, super size portions and some good ales.

I've lost count of how many times I've visited this restaurant, it's always a safe bet hence the return visit. A good varied menu and a two eat for around £12 in effect half size portions which suit those with a smaller appetite. As yet...

Today me and a friend went for lunch and it was not good which we were very disappointed about as this place is usually one of our favourites. When we went to the bar the young girl on the bar did not have a clue...

regular customer to this warm and friendly pub. Good food, great welcome from the staff. Recommended

What a lovely little pub with lots of choice on the menu and specials on the special board. We had the meaty nachos for starters and these were lovely but they were a little bit over cooked meaning a few were burnt. We then had...

A spur of the moment pick, but the food was very good and the staff were friendly. Good pub menu. The whole family had a good meal.

Friendly staff - good service and great food.... What more could you ask for? My only negative comment is that the garden area needs some work.

Have eaten here many times,as a couple,with friends,as a family(with 3 young children)& the food never ever disappoints. Good quality home cooked food,generous portions. Always enjoyable,staff are always friendly and smiling,always happy to help. Pub has a good atmosphere, definitely highly recommend.

After several visits, it's time for a review. The food is good basic and honest cooking, food quality is good, the size of portions is generous, with smaller portions of the standard menu available . As the food is cooked fresh the waiting length will...

Looking for a traditional pub and found this when staying in nearby snape. Great choice on the menu, opted for the sausage and mash, and my partner the steak pudding. Glad we didn't have starters as the mains were huge. Served with a smile and...

Once again a superb lunch at the dear old Lion Inn. Lovely to see Avril behind the counter, bless her. Whitebait, chips and a super salad......perfection. This place deserves to be packed to the rafters every day. Keep up the good work.

We come here every so often as all meals can be guaranteed to be of high standard food is cooked to order hence it's piping hot staff are always friendly land lady welcomes you lovely menu very happy to visit again

For the umpteenth time took lunch here and once again it was superb. The standard of food is so utterly reliable, what they do here is nothing short of high skill. It was also a joy to see Avril back and doing her stuff. A...

Super food, quite quiet when we went. Kids and dogs welcome. Lovely home cooked food at very good prices for four of us. Highly recommend it.

We stopped here for lunch on a Friday. The place was almost empty, which is a shame because it means people are missing out on good food and good value, served up by a welcoming host. Worth a stop!

Yet another lunch, this time with friends who were as impressed as we were with the quality of the food. Coupled with a sweet bar lady, and so lovely to see Avril back in harness, overall this was another faultless experience. A must visit establishment.

We have eaten here many times and it never fails to hit the spot. Today we had the Sunday roast with roast pork, the portions as always were very generous and delicious, if I lived nearer I would never cook! Little piggies that we are...

We've been meaning to come along and try this bargain menu for some time. We booked a table for the two of us on a Tues eve, and looked like a few others had had the same idea. :) We had the sausage, mash and...

Six of us went to the Lion Inn on Sunday evening after being let down elsewhere. Hadnt booked but staff were very welcoming and quickly found us a table. Good choice of food all reasonably priced. Hade the white Bait followed by chicken curry. Well...

Once again a great lunch at the Lion, high quality and good value food. We send all our very best to Avril and look forward to seeing her back in the bar soon. Great pub.

We come and stay in little Glemham for a long weekend every year, and always make a couple of visits to The Lion, Avril and her team are brilliant, give us a very warm welcome, lovely food and great fun at Sunday nights bingo! Would...

On arrival we were given a friendly welcome & shown to our reserved table for Sunday lunch. We both opted for the roast beef lunch with all the trimmings and the large portions were cooked to perfection. This is a good old fashioned pub serving...

Great meal here, Good choice, good food and good value. Very nice old world pub with good beers but the food is restaurant qualty. Large portions The ribs are superd but enough for two

As always can't fault the pub or the staff always amazing we had cheese nachos and potato wedges with cheese and bacon they were very nice then for my main I had gammon with mashed potato and salad the salad as always very fresh, they...

What an amazing choice on menu, all homemade very reasonable price and fabulous hospitality. Many thanks for such an enjoyable evening will definitely be back .

Just home from having a meal here and just feel that I have to write a review straight away. Called in as we were passing, had the wife and daughter with me. We were made very welcome and told they were busy as it was...

On our way East and stopped off for a bite and a cup of Java. The first impression you get is the smell. A real pub smell. Furniture polish, bleach, brasso and a whiff of the keg. Great. Years since my nostrils have been so...

I met up here with a friend for dinner as it was about half way between both of us. This is a lovely what I would call proper pub, little quaint alcoves so its not like you are sitting in one huge restaurant. The lady...

What a great find on Tripadvisor this olde worlde pub was. We were given a lovely warm welcome by the land lady & were served very quickly for both our drinks & main meals. The pub serves up a roast meal every day (except Mondays)...

Met chums for evening meal, lovely quiet country pub/restaurant/ nice choice of starters, main courses all very reasonably priced, nice beer and decent modestly priced wine...friendly efficient service, great food. we'll call in again.

Once again, a lunchtime visit and yet again a superb meal on the £12 for 2 menu. There is no way there could be any fault finding here. Lovely landlady, great beer and excellent food. A joy to visit.

I visit this pub often since moving nearby 3 years ago. It's a 30 minute walk across the fields and Avril and her team are always welcoming. Very accommodating and will happily take time to chat. The food is home cooked and lovely. Very reasonable...

My wife and I have visited the Lion at Little Glenham on several occasions. The food was great and reasonably priced.

To day l had a change from my normal exquisit hunters chickenand we had two great meals from the light bite menu for £12

After driving past this pub for years, I actually went here after Recommendation and found this pub to be a proper nice pub with good choice of drinks and a great choice of food. The food on the menu was proper pub classics, myself and...

Often driven past this pub but never visited until recently as Ramblers Group booked around 20 meals following our walk. My husband and I had the roast beef which was good and a fair price. Not enormous portions but adequate. Variety of meals served which...

How they manage to maintain such a comprehensive menu I don't know. But what I do know is that the Hunters Chicken is the best I've ever had anywhere! 5 of us dined, all the meals were excellent, the service was friendly and efficient, and...

If you like traditional pub food and want a range to keep the family happy this is the place and the staff are super friendly - if you want to have a birthday party or celebration with the family then you will find ample parking...

Phoned a few hours ahead for family of 15, accommodated early and served lovely home cooked food, enormous portions. All tastes catered for and pleased to see the 5 star food hygiene certificate proudly displayed. On holiday in the area and had passed the pub...

We stopped here on the way to Ipswich for lunch in the school holidays. This is a pleasant pub with local Adnams ales on tap and a good choice of food on the menu at a reasonable price. The staff were friendly and we enjoyed...

Well this is the first time we had been to this pub had read previous reviews and they were spot on service was outstanding and quick meals were beautifully presented and the desserts to die for be going back there definitely thank you

We attended on a Sunday evening with family who were visiting my cousin wanted cod and chips but also wanted a Yorkshire pudding as he don't get these where he come from. I asked the waitress if this was possible and she sorted this out...

1st class pub! I never have a bad meal... The steak is to die for. The staff are amazing and always happy to help. Good choice of ales too. Keep up the good work... ☺

I visited the lion inn last night. I'm not the sort of person to write reviews on places I visit, although the night was just so brilliant I had too. The staff are wonderful, atmosphere is great and the value and quality of the food...

We visit The Lion Inn nearly every time we got to Suffolk because it is just SOOOO good. There is a varied menu and specials as well, the staff are friendly and welcoming and the food is always of the highest quality, value and deliciousness...